Hooks

A popular way of saying a player has a pocket pair of Jacks. The term comes about because the J's resembles like hooks. This is also known as fishhooks.

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  Hole cards

  In games such as Texas Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha, each player is dealt cards w...

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  Hand for hand

  Hand for Hand play occurs is where tables start playing hands at the same time. ...

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  Hit

  A hit is the moment when a poker player gets a strong hand. e.g "Pe...

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  Hand

  Do not be confused by the word hand in poker. It refers to the cards that you ar...

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  Hand for hand (alt)

  In multi-table tournaments, the last few tables consist of players who are in or...

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  Hand history

  Modern, online poker rooms offer players access to their hand histories. These a...

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  Hand rankings

  There are two kinds of hand rankings: those associated with "straight" games and...

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  Hanger

  A hanger refers to a card that is sticking out from the bottom of the deck when ...